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CULVER CITY, CALIF. (December 20, 2021) – After a two-week break for the first-ever Professors Tournament, reigning champion Amy Schneider returned to JEOPARDY! today and notched her 14th straight victory. The engineering manager from Oakland, Calif.’s winnings now total $571,200, which puts her in fourth place on the all-time highest non-tournament earnings list. Only three contestants have won more money than her: Matt Amodio ($1,518,601), James Holzhauer ($2,462,216) and Ken Jennings ($2,520,700).

CULVER CITY, CALIF. (December 17, 2021) – Sam Buttrey, an Associate Professor of Operations Research at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif., became the first-ever JEOPARDY! Professors Tournament champion today, claiming the $100,000 grand prize. Ed Hashima, a Professor of History at American River College in Sacramento, Calif., placed second and earned $50,000; Alisa Hove, a Professor of Botany at Warren Wilson College in Asheville, N.C., came in third, taking home $25,000.

CULVER CITY, CALIF. (November 11, 2021) – It’s time to graduate to a new level of competition. In the first-ever JEOPARDY! Professors Tournament, instructors from 15 colleges and universities will face the ultimate test in higher education when they step away from their classrooms and onto the JEOPARDY! stage. Hosted by Mayim Bialik, the tournament begins Monday, December 6, and airs on consecutive weeknights until a champion is crowned on Friday, December 17.

CULVER CITY, CALIF. (October 11, 2021) – The “Amodio Rodeo” is over: Matt Amodio’s 38- game winning streak came to an end today when Jonathan Fisher, an actor originally from Coral Gables, Fla., emerged victorious after a fiercely competitive match. Fisher eked out the win by only a small margin: he finished with a score of $29,200 over Jessica Stephens, a statistical research specialist from Nashville, Tenn., who had the lead at various points in the game but landed in second place with $28,799. Amodio came in third with $5,600.

CULVER CITY, CALIF. (October 1, 2021) – The “Amodio Rodeo” continues! Matt Amodio, a Ph.D. student from New Haven, Conn., reached another JEOPARDY! milestone today when his 33rd victory landed him in second place on the all-time consecutive wins list.

CULVER CITY, CALIF. (September 24, 2021) – On today’s episode of JEOPARDY!, Matt Amodio, a Ph.D. student from New Haven, Conn., became the third person in the show’s history to earn more than $1 million in non-tournament play. Amodio’s 28th victory brought his total winnings to $1,004,001.